[757 x 504] A funerary urn discovered from Lower Saxony dated to Late Bronze Age (1200 – 600 BC)
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[757 x 504] A funerary urn discovered from Lower Saxony dated to Late Bronze Age (1200 – 600 BC)
by EpicureanMystic
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The urn was among 30 discovered recently. The urns belong to an unknown culture that cremated the dead and buried ashes in urns. [Source](https://bonenbronze.blogspot.com/2025/05/thirty-funeral-urns-uncovered-in-lower.html)
People always assume it’s because homo sapien is just so spiritual. But I kinda wonder if it’s more that they understood corpses are a threat to water quality, spread disease, etc. It only takes one watering hole fouled by the carcass of a wild animal to learn that dead bodies are gross threats. And at that point, when you now have to treat your dead loved one as a gross threat, you probably add in some ritual so you don’t feel like you’re just treating your loved one like dangerous trash.